Hi everyone, This is "my" first post and "I" thought it appropriate to introduce my "self", whatever that means. I guess I tend to think of the self as something that is not by any means solid or permanent, but rather something that is, that Which it is, only at this exact moment. The self seems to me, to be influenced by past experiences yet is only limited by our own narrow-mindedness and ignorance. We are all prey to ignorance in one form or another and the exciting thing is that there is Infinite Light which can slowly but surely, with much effort, get rid of the light of ignorance. That is of course only my observation of how things work in this existence. So now that I've confused myself, my name is John Christopher Brooks, "Elkie" will work just fine, and I live in CT, USA and I like many things including run-on sentences and Far East spirituality. It's nice to be here with you all. I hope to learn many things from you.

Cheers,
Elkie

Right, so is there a way to change my name on this thing. I'm computer unskilled.